Eleuterio Sánchez

"El Lute" redirects here. For the song, see El Lute/Gotta Go Home. For the Spanish film, see El Lute: Run for Your Life.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Eleuterio Sánchez Rodríguez (born 15 April 1942), known as El Lute, was at one time listed as Spain's "Most Wanted" criminal and later became a published writer. He was a legendary Spanish outlaw who escaped several times from prison after being convicted at age 23 of murder and sentenced to 30 years. He was only 19 and was sentenced to die. While in prison, he learned to read, earned a law degree, and became a writer, continuing to protest his innocence of the charges. He was pardoned and released on June 20, 1981, at the age of 39.

He published two memoirs, Camina o revienta (Walk or Die) (1977) and Mañana seré libre (Tomorrow I'll Be Free) (1979), while he was still in prison. These were later adapted as a two-part film series on his life directed by Vicente Aranda and released in 1987 and 1988.

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